//------------------------------// // Chapter XVIII (Pinkie) // Story: Well, This Is Unexpected // by TheKing2001 //------------------------------// I ran behind the others with Sunset dragging a horrified Bon Bon behind her. “Isn’t this awesome!?” I screamed and gave a giggle. “No!” Sunset and Mystery Mint screamed back. In all honesty, I was terrified as heck but push the fear down and laugh will make things not seem so scary. Especially with Dashie and my other friends here made things not seem so scary. “I think we can stop running now,” Lyra panted out as she bent over with her hands on her knees and caught her breath. “Whatever that was isn’t behind us anymore.” “What the fuck was that?” Rainbow snapped. “Clearly a fucking ghost!” I shot back as they all gave me stunned looks. “Pinkie?” “Yeah Mystery?” “D-did you just swear?” “Yeah! I’m shutting off my mouth filter tonight,” I answered casually. “You have one of those?” Rainbow asked incredulously. “Duh Dashie! Everypony has one!” “Everypony?” Sunset asked in confusion. “How did you-” “You accidentally said everypony once so I borrowed it!” I explained as Sunset shot a nervous glance at Lyra. The mint girl looked embarrassed as she blushed and looked away. “Can I uh have my hand back please?” Bon Bon asked sheepishly as we all noticed her and Sunset holding hands. I shot Dashie a smirk that no body else noticed except us to as Dash returned it. “Y-yeah sorry,” Sunset said with a red face and let go. “Thanks.” “You’re welcome. How much longer do we have of this death trap?” Sunset asked as she looked around cautiously. “It’s only about twelve am so a good few hours. We should find the others,” Rainbow said as she looked at her phone. “Ah shit, my phone died.” “Same here,” Lyra frowned down at it. “Samesie!” I groaned and smacked my phone against my head. “I just charged you before we left!” “Yeah I’m dead too,” Sunset said as she tossed her phone into her backpack with a sigh. “How are all of our phones dead at the same time?” Bon Bon demanded as she looked at us all. “Ghosts can use phone batteries to charge themselves in a way,” I rubbed my chin and frowned slightly. “Probably when that ghost trapped Sunset in the the control room, he drained all our batteries in order to appear to us.” “That makes me feel the opposite of reassured,” Mystery grumbled as she fumbled around her back pack and procured flashlights. “I packed some flashlights in case. Though if Pinkie is right, the batteries won’t last long.” “Now come on, let’s find the others. We have gotta tell them what we saw,” Rainbow said as she took a flashlight and flicked it on. Lyra screamed as the area was cast in light and inched closer to me as we all inhaled. “Oh it’s just a cardboard cut out of a person,” Lyra said sheepishly. “Sorry, it scared me.” “Don’t fucking do that,” Sunset grumbled and held a hand to her chest. “You honestly just took off ten years of my life.” “Sorry.” “It’s been at least an hour and I don’t see anyone,” Rainbow groaned as her flashlight cut through the darkness. “At least we don’t have to worry about dogs or anything like that.” “Thank the lord,” Bon Bon muttered as a piece of metal fell over and we all froze, nervously pointing our flashlights over at it. “Hey guys,” Bright Idea said casually as he and Scribble Dee stepped over the metal they had accidentally kicked with Applejack and the others behind them. “We heard screaming, you all okay?” “You won’t believe what we saw!” I giggled as they all gave me confused looks. “It was like a kid,” Mystery shuddered slightly. “Brown hair, blue eyes. Looked like he was twelve. Trapped Sunset in the control room of the Rainbow Factory ride. Kid just disappeared into thin air after we ran. Don’t know if he followed us or not.” “Not surprising,” Scribble Dee pushed her glasses up. “This place is surrounded by ghosts. We found the old mental hospital grounds.” “This place is terrifying,” Octavia muttered as she looked around. “I hate it here.” “Scribble is a medium so any ghosts she can at least hear,” Bright Idea commented as Scribble nodded. “So she’s really short then?” I asked curiously and stood next to her. She was about as tall as me. “I think you’re pretty short, not a medium.” “No Pinkie darling. It means she can communicate with the ghosts allegedly,” Rarity answered as my eyes went wide and I nodded rapidly. Making people laugh is my thing and my goal is to make Sunset laugh tonight. I inhaled and opened my mouth. “I speak for the ghosts and the ghosts say to shut the fuck up!” I shouted as Rarity, Scribble and Micro gave me stunned looks. Octavia gasped and made a choking sound as she glared at me. I looked around and counted down from five as everyone else burst out laughing. “That was the funniest thing you’ve said tonight,” Rainbow snickered as she and Lyra high fived me. Vinyl grinned and shook her head as Applejack, Sunset and Bon Bon leaned against each other as they laughed. I don’t think I’ve ever heard Sunset laugh before but I can confirm it was probably the greatest sound I’ve ever heard in my short seventeen and a half years. Great enough where I wanted to hear it more. “Anyone want an apple?” Applejack asked suddenly as Rainbow and Sunset’s hands shot up. Applejack tossed the pair some apples and Rainbow examined hers with a mischievous grin. “This apple is more bruised than Rihanna was after Chris Brown got done beating her.” A new round of laughter went through the group as Octavia and Rarity gasped, glaring at Rainbow. “Rainbow Dash! That is not okay at all!” “Honestly,” Octavia scoffed as Bon Bon turned red. “They thought it was funny,” Rainbow said smugly and pointed to a laughing Applejack and Sunset. I grabbed Bon Bon and dragged her away a few feet as she gave a shocked gasp. “What was that for?” Bon Bon demanded as I grinned. “Sunset. Go for her,” I answered as she blushed. “You know?” Bon Bon asked nervously as she looked around to make sure we were alone. “How?” “Pinkie sense.” “I-what?” I rolled my eyes and laughed. Now was not the time for discussing my Pinkie sense. “Takes too long to explain. You should defo go alone with her,” I said and wiggled my eye brows. “Maybe even get below her belt if you get my drift.” Bon Bon turned bright red as she shrugged. “Fine. No body else knows right?” “Right! I’m not spreading that around. That’s Raritys thing.” “I can’t tell if you mean gossip or her self.” I burst out laughing as Bon Bon gave a faint smile. She walked back to Lyra as I watched Sunset still laughing with Applejack about the Rihanna joke and I grinned to myself. “Pinkie Pie, you’re amazing,” I whispered to myself and pumped a fist. My work here is done.